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Launched from Cays, got a nice halibut, that pic is my avatar now. Wound up with 47 spotted bay bass and 2 halibut. Most were on a cow pie green (match the hatch???) curly tail grub on a 5/16 ounce ball head jig in 9-15' of water. Slow and low (1/2 crank, pause, repeat) retrieve as usual and feeling ...

Took a break from saltwater. Caught some big bass, now im back.

5 in a row. All different tides, different tricks, and different parts of the bay.

Picked the wrong spot yesterday (Sunday the 5th). Only got 16 (I think) spotties while my friends were a half-mile away roping a ton of fish. Also got a few short halibut.....and had a big one hooked for a while.

So if the halibut spits the hook and ends up foul-hooked right in the middle of its ...

Saw large schools of 2" slough anchovies in the harbor I was fishing in today. The clear curly tail grub worked better than anything else I tried (full disclosure: did not try a junebug craw though). I used the same lure as 2 weeks ago when I got the 26.8 lb halibut, lure shown below for reference ...

hey there sdfish, about time I start posting on the new site. wanted to share a pretty awesome catch I made on the paddleboard the other day - an angel shark!

I was fishing around some structure in the southern half of the bay, throwing a double rig with a couple 1/4oz pink tube baits. made a cast ...

[attachment=0]Osprey 2025 2.jpgI was out on Sunday as well. (Video is just coming out today) The ospreys are crazy! Not only did I have the one pull the fish out of my hand, but saw one rob a little kid of his trout at Lake Poway this week as he was pulling it out of the water. Not sure what's up ...

Midnightpass wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 8:01 am Can you post a link to the video?... Great pic!
Butch

Here is the link to the actual full Youtube Video


Here is the YouTube Short of just that incident

High end bass gear. I have had zero problems with Shimano and Daiwa bass reels corroding. I do rinse with freshwater after each trip. I use the smaller baitcasting reels (mostly loaded with 6 lb mono) and 2500 size spinning reels. Most rods are very corrosion resistant, even the cheap ones. BFS ...

Went out with the Mrs. this morning. Fished the area I should have fished last weekend after seeing a few promising posts this week. Bite was hot up to the slack tide, then wasted some time looking around. Came back to the south Cays area after a while for a steady pick. Clicker read 41 when we ...

no problems at all. be sure to rinse afterwards, and i like to fully break the reels down and service them about every 6 months.

I have a dedicated outfit. It doubles as my 'beater' or the combo I lend out to people in the fresh, and is essentially high end bass stuff from yesteryear.

It's not that I don't have a problem using my high end gear, even those with Magnesium parts...

Buuuuuut I'd rather not.

That would be the exception to salt water use, magnesium corrodes quickly in salt water.

I am an expert...in using less-expensive gear. I like Daiwa baitcasters, and mine range from CC 80s (about 70 bucks) to a Salamandura ($250). I use them all in saltwater, and just rinse after each use. They're all holding up just fine, and I use them in freshwater as well.

I do have a couple of ...

I don’t have a lot of gear, over the years I’ve worn out my Garcia 308 and 300, replaced by a 408 and 410. Then Gold Series Diawas, followed by a Tournament 1000 and 2500. Those reels were bulletproof and are still fishable. I have 4 Stella reels, bought used over the Internet from Japan. They are ...

I fished with Curado 100Ds for many years and got pretty good at servicing them. The outside edge of the spool was something that I couldn't prevent from corroding even with a light freshwater rinse after each outing and eventually led to their retirement. I now fish Tranx 200s and although they ...

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This is why you don't want to fall overboard. Reminds me of a time off Gaudalupe Island where there was a hot bite with 70 lb yellowfin tuna. Unfortunately the sharks got most of them.

That's a shortfin corvina. CorBina have the downward mouths. Nice haul.

You should get a tee shirt...."I went fly-fishing for corbina and all I got was this lousy stinking corvina."

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Now you got it!!

Good work.

Like the old Fenwick and the Pflueger Medalist. Both are fun to fish.

The Medalist looks like a model 1494 made sometime between 1950 and 1970 in very good condition. I can just make out the "No1494" I think on the frame between the reel foot screws. From about 1970 this what have had ...